2023–24 Bologna FC 1909 season explained

Club:Bologna FC 1909
Season:2023–24
Chairman:Joey Saputo
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Thiago Motta
Stadium:Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
League:Serie A
League Result:5th
Cup1:Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:
Joshua Zirkzee (11)
Season Topscorer:
Joshua Zirkzee (12)
Highest Attendance:30,204 vs Inter Milan
Lowest Attendance:11,593 vs Hellas Verona
Largest Win:Bologna 4–0 Lecce
Largest Loss:Udinese 3–0 Bologna
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Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

The 2023–24 season was Bologna FC 1909's 115th season in existence and ninth consecutive season in the Serie A. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.

On 12 May 2024, Bologna clinched qualification to the UEFA Champions League, returning to Europe's top-tier club competition for the first time in the Champions League era and first time in any capacity since 1965.[1]

Players

First-team squad

[2]

Out on loan

Transfers

Summer window

In

DatePlayerFromFeeNotesSource
1899 Hoffenheim€5,000,000Buy option exercised[3]
Dynamo Moscow€6,000,000Buy option exercised[4]
AZ€7,000,000[5]
Union Saint-Gilloise€2,000,000[6]
Basel€8,000,000[7]
Internazionale€5,000,000[8]
AZ€11,000,000[9]
Basel€4,000,000[10]

Loans in

DatePlayerFromFeeNotesSource
Leicester City€1,000,000+ option to buy for €15,000,000[11]
Milan€500,000+ option to buy for €10,000,000[12]
Nottingham ForestFreePart of swap deal for Nicolás Domínguez + option to buy for €15,000,000[13]

Out

DatePlayerToFeeNotesSource
UnattachedReleased
LecceReleased[14]
Vejle BoldklubFree[15]
AZ€3,000,000[16]
ReggianaFree[17]
CittadellaFree+ buy-back option[18]
Vasco da GamaFree[19]
RiminiFree[20]
CorticellaFree
PSV Eindhoven€12,000,000[21]
Nottingham Forest€10,000,000[22]
LeobenFree
Pisa€500,000[23]
Al-Taawoun€8,000,000[24]

Loans out

DatePlayerToFeeNotesSource
Novi PazarFree[25]
YverdonFree[26]
Coventry CityFree[27]
IF ElfsborgFree[28]
PescaraFree
TernanaFree[29]
InternazionaleFree+ obligation to buy for €10,000,000 under conditions[30]
TernanaFree[31]
AlessandriaFree[32]
Dinamo ZagrebFree+ option to buy + buy-back option[33]

Winter window

In

DatePlayerFromFeeNotesSource
Dinamo ZagrebFreeLoan termination[34]
YverdonFreeLoan termination
Partizan€4,500,000[35]
Vélez Sarsfield€12,000,000[36]
AlessandriaFreeLoan termination

Loans out

DatePlayerToFeeNotesSource
FrosinoneFree[38]
CF MontréalFree
Norwich CityFree+ option to buy[39]
ReggianaFreeuntil 30 June 2025[40]

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: 2023–24 Serie A.

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.[41]

Coppa Italia

See main article: 2023–24 Coppa Italia.

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

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19FWJoshua Zirkzee11112
27FWRiccardo Orsolini10010
319MFLewis Ferguson606
480MFGiovanni Fabbian505
556MFAlexis Saelemaekers404
66MFNikola Moro112
11FWDan Ndoye112
17MFOussama El Azzouzi202
21FWJens Odgaard202
22DFCharalampos Lykogiannis202
29DFLorenzo De Silvestri202
31DFSam Beukema112
93DFStefan Posch101
8MFRemo Freuler101
16DFTommaso Corazza011
77FWSydney van Hooijdonk011
Own goals 202
Totals51657

Notes and References

  1. News: OFFICIAL Bologna qualify for the UEFA Champions League. CBS Sports. 12 May 2024. 12 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Prima squadra. First team. it. Bologna FC 1909. 3 September 2016. 7 August 2016. https://archive.today/20160807194857/https://www.bolognafc.it/squadra/prima-squadra/. live.
  3. Web site: Posch joins on a permanent deal . Bologna FC 1909.
  4. Web site: Moro, esercitata l’opzione per l’acquisto a titolo definitivo. 2 July 2023. Bologna FC 1909.
  5. Web site: Sam Beukema joins Bologna. 3 July 2023. Bologna FC 1909.
  6. Web site: Oussama El Azzouzi joins Bologna. 20 July 2023. Bologna FC 1909.
  7. Web site: Dan Ndoye to Bologna. 14 August 2023. Bologna FC 1909.
  8. Web site: Fabbian al Bologna . Bologna FC 1909.
  9. Web site: Jesper Karlsson joins the Rossoblú. 23 August 2023. Bologna FC 1909.
  10. Web site: Calafiori al Bologna. 31 August 2023. Bologna FC 1909.
  11. Web site: 30 August 2023 . Kristiansen to Bologna . Bologna FC 1909.
  12. News: Alexis Saelemaekers leaves AC Milan: official statement . AC Milan.
  13. Web site: 1 September 2023 . Freuler al Bologna . Bologna FC 1909.
  14. Web site: NICOLA SANSONE È UN CALCIATORE DEL LECCE . US Lecce.
  15. Web site: Musa Juwara skriver med Vejle Boldklub. Vejle Boldklub.
  16. Web site: Kasius naar AZ. AZ Alkmaar.
  17. News: Ufficiale: Francesco Bardi riparte dalla Reggiana. Stefano Francesco. Utzeri. 1000cuorirossoblu.
  18. Web site: MATTEO ANGELI. 7 July 2023. AS Cittadella.
  19. Web site: Vasco acerta a contratação do chileno Gary Medel . CR Vasco da Gama.
  20. Web site: DION RUFFO LUCI NUOVO GIOCATORE BIANCOROSSO. . Rimini FC 1912.
  21. News: PSV complete signing of Jerdy Schouten from Bologna FC. 16 August 2023. PSV Eindhoven. 18 August 2023. 16 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230816183900/https://www.psv.nl/english-psv/news/article/transfer-psv-complete-signing-of-jerdy-schouten-from-bologna-fc.htm. dead.
  22. News: Forest complete signing of Nicolás Domínguez. 1 September 2023. Nottingham Forest F.C..
  23. Web site: Vignato al Pisa . Bologna FC 1909.
  24. https://saudiworldfootball.com/2023/09/04/al-taawoun-makes-musa-barrow-transfer-official/
  25. Web site: Ghanaian youngster Ebenezer Annan joins Novi Pazar on season loan from Bologna .
  26. Web site: SEBASTIAN BREZA, NOUVEAU GARDIEN À YVERDON SPORT . Yverdon-Sport FC.
  27. Web site: Binks joins Coventry City . Bologna FC 1909.
  28. Web site: Välkommen Andri! . IF Elfsborg.
  29. Web site: Dal Bologna arriva l’attaccante Antonio Raimondo . Ternana Calcio.
  30. News: Marko Arnautović joins Inter; Inter Milan . Inter Milan.
  31. Web site: Dal Bologna arriva il centrocampista Niklas Pyyhtiä . Ternana Calcio.
  32. Web site: MATTIA PAGLIUCA NUOVO ATTACCANTE GRIGIO . Alessandria Calcio 1912.
  33. Web site: Sosa joins Dinamo Zagreb . Bologna FC 1909.
  34. News: CF Montréal adds Bologna FC goalkeeper Sebastian Breza and defender Joaquín Sosa . CF Montréal.
  35. Web site: Mihajlo Ilic al Bologna . Bologna FC 1909.
  36. Web site: Santiago Castro al Bologna . Bologna FC 1909.
  37. Web site: Jens Odgaard al Bologna . Bologna FC 1909.
  38. Web site: BONIFAZI È GIALLAZZURRO . Frosinone Calcio.
  39. Web site: Van Hooijdonk on loan to Norwich City . Bologna FC 1909.
  40. Web site: Okwonkwo alla Reggiana . Bologna FC 1909.
  41. Web site: Il calendario della prossima Serie A di calcio. 5 July 2023. Il Post. it.